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Topic: Gujarat

Man livestreams from poll booth in Gujarat’s Dahod, Congress says he’s son of BJP candidate

Polling took place Tuesday in this reserved seat for Scheduled Tribes where Congress candidate Prabha Taviad is up against BJP’s Jasvantsinh Bhabhor.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase-3: 60.6% total turnout recorded across 94 parliamentary constituencies

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase-3 voting: 1,331 candidates including at least four Union ministers are in the fray in this phase of the ongoing general election.

Karnataka, Maharashtra—Why Phase 3 could mean BJP falling short of the magic number 272

As in the second phase, the BJP-led NDA’s problem in the third phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha election is that it has an awful lot of seats to defend — 80 out of the 93 seats that go to polls.

Congress cites Modi’s backing of Gujarat OBC quota for Muslims to blunt attack on Karnataka matrix

In a public meeting last month, Modi accused Congress govt in Karnataka of giving ‘reservation based on religion through backdoor’ by putting all Muslim castes along with OBCs.

For Congress’s Sonal Patel, facing Amit Shah in Gandhinagar is ‘challenge, not political suicide’

62-yr-old architect who joined Congress in 1992 says party wanted to field someone 'with integrity' from seat that Shah won by margin of 5 lakh votes in 2019 & has been with BJP since 1989.

‘Played gully cricket, fed us pani puri’ — how Naranpura residents remember once neighbour Amit Shah

His ascent as leader & administrator was ‘full of hurdles, but always inevitable’, says former BJP MP Surendra Patel who worked closely with Shah in latter’s early years in politics.

86kg drugs worth Rs 600 cr seized from Pakistani boat off Gujarat coast; 14 arrested

Coast Guard is yet to disclose what kind of narcotic substances were recovered. The overnight operation in Arabian Sea was carried out in coordination with Gujarat ATS and NCB.

Karnataka, Gujarat best in renewable energy transition, Jharkhand, Bihar lag—think tank report

Study by Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) and Ember finds most states have renewable energy infra but lag in decarbonising electricity sector.

BJP’s Surat pick Mukesh Dalal elected unopposed to Lok Sabha after 8 nominations withdrawn, 2 rejected

BJP hails 'historic moment', while Congress accuses it of 'match-fixing'. Surat has been a BJP bastion since 1989.

2 shooters arrested from Gujarat for opening fire outside actor Salman Khan’s residence

The two persons, Vicky Gupta, 24 and Sagar Pal, 21 are both residents of Bihar. A preliminary probe suggested that they were hired by Lawrence Bishnoi's gang.

On Camera

Trump tariffs, import dependence are holding back America’s manufacturing renaissance

Better tax, regulatory, and monetary policy should indeed provide a tailwind for manufacturing, but the sector will probably continue to struggle.

Designed to oversee corn & crude futures, Wall Street regulator grapples with crypto, sports gambling

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is on the precipice of gaining new crypto oversight as lawmakers continue to negotiate major legislation.

The curious case of Pakistan’s JF-17 ‘orders’

Pakistan lacks capacity to deliver aircraft at pace suggested by its claimed contracts as it depends on China for avionics, electronic warfare, weapons, and on Russia for engines. 

Thank you Donald Trump, again. India now has reason to shed fear of trade deals and risky reform

UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.